Welcome

Welcome to the OSU Libraries Special Collections and Archives Research
Center’s collections portal, home to detailed description of
the more than 1,200 archival collections held by SCARC. Use the
Collections menu above to navigate by collection title, collection
type, collection subject (“People, Places, and Topics”) or collection
creator. Or use the search box at the upper right to discover materials
held at SCARC.

Though many collections have full collection guides, (also known as
“finding aids”) some collections are only minimally
processed or unprocessed. To the extent that it is possible, we endeavor
to provide research access to all of our collections,
which include manuscripts, photographs, record groups, moving images, oral
histories and more. For more information about any
of our collections, please contact us.
If you are new to archival research, please review
our FAQ.

Use a minus sign before a term you want to omit from your results.
(e.g. 'bass -fish' finds bass guitars but not bass fishing.)

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Ida Kidder (foreground) seated in the Oregon State College
library, ca. 1910s. Kidder was OSC’s first professional librarian and
served the college from 1908 to her death in 1920. After a new library
building was opened in 1964, the former library facility pictured here
was renamed Kidder Hall in Ida Kidder’s memory.